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Holly (Ilex acquifolium )
Holm. Irish Cuileann. (family - Aquifoliaceae)
Description: Small evergreen tree. Height 15m
Where found: Wide range of soil types - from calcerous to poor and acid. Locally can form almost pure woods. Suitable for hedging and pollarding. Tolerates shaded positions in beech and oak woods. Native to British Isles. Particularly found in West but absent from Northern Scotland. Also Western Central and Southern Europe.
Phenology:
| Flowers | Leaves | Fruit | Ripen | Fall |
| April/May | July |
June (Following Year) |
Uses past & present: Creamy white wood dense with even grain. Uses of wood - Formerly used for carving inlay and engraving. Twigs yield birdlime. Good firewood even when green. Food and drink - Trees were pollarded and used for winter feed especially in North and West of England. Berries are poisonous though used as an emetic.
Propagation
and growth:
Seed deeply dormant. Treat as Acer campestre
but start treatment in January for sowing the
season after next. Approximately 22000 seeds
per kg. Distributed by birds eating berries.
Holly leaf
Holly
flower
